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of 16 December 1985 (Status as of 1 April 2020)
1 Stationary installations means:
- a.
- buildings and other fixed structures;
- b.
- terrain modifications;
- c.
- equipment and machines;
- d.
- ventilation systems which collect vehicle flue gases and discharge them as waste air into the environment.
2 Vehicles means motor vehicles, aircraft, ships and railways.
3 Transport infrastructure means roads, airfields, railway tracks and other installations where vehicle flue gases are released into the environment as waste air without being collected.
4 New installations also includes installations which are altered, extended or repaired if:
- a.
- higher or different emissions are to be expected as a result; or
- b.
- the costs incurred amount to more than half those of a new installation.
5 Ambient air pollution levels are excessive if one or more of the ambient limit values specified in Annex 7 is exceeded. If no such limit values are specified for a pollutant, ambient air pollution levels shall be considered excessive if:
- a.
- they endanger human beings, animals, plants or their biological communities or habitats;
- b.
- a survey establishes that they significantly affect the well-being of a substantial proportion of the population;
- c.
- they damage buildings; or
- d.
- they harm soil fertility, vegetation or waters.
6 Placing on the market means the transfer or disposal for the first time, whether or not for consideration, of equipment or machines for distribution or use in Switzerland. Equivalent to placing on the market is the commissioning, for the first time, of equipment or machines at one's own enterprise in cases where placing on the market has not previously occurred.3
3 Amended by No I of the O of 18 June 2010, in force since 15 July 2010 (AS 2010 2965).